Sahagún at 500: Essays on the Quincentenary of the Birth of Fr. Bernardino de Sahagún by Schwaller, John Frederick, editor. Sahagún, Bernardino de, d. 1590

Berkeley, Calif.: Academy of American Franciscan History, 2003. Hard Cover. xiii, 301 p., illus.; 26 cm. Series: Publications of the Academy of American Franciscan History. Franciscan Publications in Nahuatl Series v. 3. "The essays in this volume represent the most recent scholarship on Sahagún and his work. The collection is divided into three parts. The first part deals with Sahagún as a missionary and cleric. The second focuses on the artistic representations used by Sahagún to accompany his work. The last section contains two more speculative pieces that attempt to fill holes in the history of the Sahaguntine opus" (p. xi). Essays include: Bernardino de Sahagún: pioneer of anthropology, Miguel León-Portilla; Sahagún and the imagination of inter-religious dialogues, Thomas S. Bremer... ISBN (10): 0883823047. Stock#47326x. Fine /new from publisher.